2011 was the first year that Jamaica formally participated in Earth Hour, a global movement that highlights damage to the environment by calling on people to turn off all lights at 8.30pm. Nakeeta Nembhard reports. In recent times, the campaign against climate change has gained significant momentum with initiatives staged to raise awareness about this …
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Much of Australia has gone royal family mad with the marriage of Wills and Kate – a madness not evident since the wedding of Diana and Charles, writes 20-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Steph Carter from Queensland. In a country where many reject the lingering ties of the British monarchy and profess republican sentiments, the engagement and …
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Much of Australia has gone royal family mad with the marriage of Wills and Kate – a madness not evident since the wedding of Diana and Charles, writes 20-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Steph Carter from Queensland. In a country where many reject the lingering ties of the British monarchy and profess republican sentiments, the engagement and …
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While racism, sexism and homophobia are no longer tolerated in society, the same rule does not stand for sizeism. Rather, the prejudice seems to have slipped under the radar, writes 19-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Alisha Lewis from Auckland, New Zealand. Size. It’s a funny thing. Men brag about muscles and women have surgery to inflate – …
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While racism, sexism and homophobia are no longer tolerated in society, the same rule does not stand for sizeism. Rather, the prejudice seems to have slipped under the radar, writes 19-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Alisha Lewis from Auckland, New Zealand. Size. It’s a funny thing. Men brag about muscles and women have surgery to inflate – …
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Our leaders should begin seeing young people as a distinct group with specific skill-sets and abilities rather than simply resort to staid clichés and stereotypes, writes 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Craig Dixon from Jamaica. Many leaders and protectors of the old-guard habitually spew clichéd epithets about youth development at political rallies and during Youth Month which …
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Our leaders should begin seeing young people as a distinct group with specific skill-sets and abilities rather than simply resort to staid clichés and stereotypes, writes 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Craig Dixon from Jamaica. Many leaders and protectors of the old-guard habitually spew clichéd epithets about youth development at political rallies and during Youth Month which …
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We owe it to those people suppressed and disenfranchised elsewhere around the world to make the most of our democratic right to vote, writes 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Sam Bayes from London, England. As revolution continues to be in the air in North Africa and the Middle-East, comparisons and look-a-likes have been sprouting in the west …
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We owe it to those people suppressed and disenfranchised elsewhere around the world to make the most of our democratic right to vote, writes 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Sam Bayes from London, England. As revolution continues to be in the air in North Africa and the Middle-East, comparisons and look-a-likes have been sprouting in the west …
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As a “fervent believer” of multicultural policy and a Canadian citizen, 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Gys Weverink hopes his country does not follow the example of France in banning the niqab. In Western Europe, multiculturalism has increasingly found itself under attack. A number of western politicians including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister …
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